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J OHN U. FIESTER, OF BROWN, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,621, dated June 7,1881.

Application filed March 14, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN U. FIESTER, a citizen ofthe United States,resident at Brown, in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and'I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a representation of a side view. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig.3 is a horizontal section, and Fig. 4is a detail view. Fig. 5 is aperspective view, showing the gate closed.

This invention relates to improvements in gates.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described.

In the annexed drawings, A is the sill, B B the posts, and O the topcross-bar, of a gate.

D D are the leaves of the gate, made fast to rods E E, these latterbeing journaled in loops 1) b at the bottom and a a at the top, one rodbeing to one side of the cross-bar and sill and the other to the otherside, both having at the top the rightangled arm 6 0, provided with aneye, 2 z, in which are placed the hook ends jfof a transverse rod, F,running alongside of cross-bar (J. To the other side of crossbar 0 issecured one end,g, of a spring-rod, G, which extends up over saidcross-bar and carries a grooved roller, H, in whose groove h the rod Fbears, said rod and roller holding the gate open.

livoted to the leaves D D are the members I l of the gate-catch, one, I,consisting of a single lever pivoted at i, and having in front the pin yand the rear extension, :2, attached to the end of which is the end of aloose plate, K, which runs forward upon the opposite side of the gate.from lever l and comes between leaf 1) and post B. The other member, 1,consists of a compound lever, L and M, pivoted to the leaf D at land onand to each other at c. This lever has a plate, K, similar to plate K,except that it is on the side of the gate away from the post B.

N and P are two bars secured to the ends of sill A, and projecting inopposite directions from said sill, being braced back of the posts byrods 0. The ends a and 1) of these bars are turned up or provided withposts Q and B, one, 1%, having a strip, r, on top. Pivoted to the topsof these posts are the levers S and T, having eyes 8 and t at one end.Running from these eyes are the connecting-rods U V, whose other endsare connected to the rear-extended ends of the top rails of the gate,one rod, U, directly, the other, V, by means of a short rod, 4:, andlinks 20, thelatter rod, V, being toward the side of the posts B and Bto which the leaves respectively hang.

The gate being closed, as aperson approaches he moves lever T, which,pulling on rod V through the short link 11, lifts the outer end, a, ofthe catch I, and releases thereby the inner eud,- 2 ,acontinued motionof lever S opening the leaf on that side, and by the rod F also the leafon the other side. I is to be operated by a similar arrangement oflevers for opening from the other side of the gate, the outer end, 00,being pulled up. The gate is closed by operating the lever S on theother side.

It will be noticed that the spring-plates K and K prevent the leavesfrom swinging too far the other way as they close.

Ordinarily this gate will be used without any sill A, and in this casethe bars N and P and the posts Q and R are not used; but the levers Sand T can be applied to fence-posts.

To better facilitate the catching of the leaves when they come together,the edge of leaf D is cut out at afljust above the member I of thecatch, so that the other member will be forced down into lockingposition.

What I claim is-.

1. A gate provided with leaf D, lever I, having rear extension, levers Sand T, rods U and V, short rod 0, and links a, in combination with leafD and a rod connecting the two leaves, substantially as described.

2. Leaf D, having spring-plate 70 attached thereto, in combination withthe post B, substantially as described.

3. Leaf D, having the member I of the latch and cut out above at a incombination with the leaf D, having the other member, I, for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: JOHN U. FIESTER.

H. S. HIXsoN, J. M. SEDRIOK.

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